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Berlin Wall - 20 years since the fall. Wait, wait... okay, i'll tell you -Peter Sagal and Carl Kasell are here!

The week’s new releases including Disney’s A Christmas Carol, The Men Who Stare At Goats, The Box, Precious, The Fourth Kind, The Yes Men Fix The World, Turning Green, The Wedding Song, Died Young Stayed Pretty, and Araya. Plus, author William Mann talks about his new biography of the famed film star, Elizabeth Taylor.

The latest on the shootings at Fort Hood, the H1N1 vaccine shortage, and a talk with Malalai Joya about her book "A Woman Among Warlords." Then it's FilmWeek on AirTalk. Larry and the KPCC film critics discuss the week's releases, including A Christmas Carol, The Men Who Stare at Goats, The Box, and Precious. Later, glamour lessons learned from Liz Taylor.

The recent shootings at the Army base at Fort Hood, Texas raise many questions about the psychological effect of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq on soldiers. That's also the focus of the new documentary series "In Their Boots."

Free H1N1 vaccine clinics across Los Angeles County are on the calendar through Thanksgiving, 2009, but thousands of people in Monterey Park aren't putting it off. The free clinic line stretched around Barnes Park on Thursday and took some people four hours to get inoculated.

This fall marks the 35th birthday of one of Japan's beloved pop icons - Hello Kitty. The Royal/T Cafe in Culver City is throwing her a huge birthday bash complete with Hello Kitty-shaped food, Hello Kitty-themed household items and art work inspired by the tiny white feline.

Ah, the days of wine and barrels.

THURSDAY: Patt sits down with new LAPD Chief Charlie Beck; Nobel prize-winning Turkish author Orhan Pamuk talks about the Armenian Genocide; and a new study finds women constitute more than half the nation's paid workforce – what does that portend for policies like flextime and onsite child care?

The Senate extends the home tax credit and unemployment comp. Then, mandatory flood insurance for LA? The latest Orange County news, a talk with director Grant Heslov about his film "The Men Who Stare at Goats," and should employers cover sick leave due to swine flu? Later, the cultural implications of Starbucks.

The tale of some really old soles.

A new study finds 1/2 of American children on food stamps before the age of 20; for black American children, that number is 9 out of 10; and Oscar winning director Barry Levinson is here with his new doc, Poliwood, about the intersection of politics and stardom in the 2008 election

After months of negotiation and a couple of all-night voting sessions, state lawmakers passed a cluster of bills Wednesday morning designed to improve California’s water supply. They’ve called the $11 billion package “historic” – and it is. The plan alters the way California manages water.

A roundup of the regional and national elections, and a talk with GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Campbell. Next, California lawmakers reach a water deal. Nicholas Christakis discusses the power of degrees of separation and his book "Connected."

Septic tanks helped give birth to the city of Malibu just 18 years ago. People along 21 miles of scenic coastline wanted local control over how Malibu would treat wastewater. Now regional water officials will vote on whether to prohibit septic systems. Regulators blame septic tanks for poor water quality along the coast, at surf spots and in Malibu Lagoon.

The union that represents rank-and-file LAPD officers quickly endorsed the nomination of Charlie Beck to be the next police chief. The Los Angeles Police Protective League represents the nearly 10,000 sworn members of the LAPD.

Just a few years ago, it would have been unimaginable for the mayor of Los Angeles to name someone from inside the long-troubled LAPD to lead the department. Tuesday, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa did just that. He chose Deputy Chief Charlie Beck – a reformed hard-driving anti-gang cop – to succeed Bill Bratton in what the mayor’s called his most important appointment.